My husband told me earlier this week that we don't have any food in the house. I thought maybe it was time to bake something... spice up our life a little. I realized I had a whole tub of raisins and a box of rolled oats. These need to be eaten!

{let the baking being}
In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, egg and
vanilla until smooth. In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda,
cinnamon and salt together. Stir this into the butter/sugar mixture.
Stir in the oats, raisins and walnuts, if using them.

At this point you can either chill the dough for a bit in the fridge
and then scoop it, or scoop the cookies onto a sheet and then chill the
whole tray before baking them. You could also bake them right away, if
you’re impatient, but I do find that they end up slightly less thick. While dough chills preheat oven to 350 deg.

The cookies should be two inches apart on a parchment-lined baking
sheet. (**I hate parchment paper so I just sprayed the sheets with a little cooking spray) Bake them for 10 to 12 minutes (your baking time will vary,
depending on your oven and how cold the cookies were going in), taking
them out when golden at the edges but still a little undercooked-looking
on top. Let them sit on the hot baking sheet for five minutes before
transferring them to a rack to cool.